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  • During 20 years of work in the United States Congress, Mark Bayer served as a Chief of Staff in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

    For two decades, Mark had a backstage pass to the Members-only meeting areas, cable TV green rooms, and behind-the scenes negotiations on Capitol Hill.

    He was on the front lines of many of the major legislative battles of recent times, including ObamaCare and overhaul of our nation’s homeland security defenses following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

    Mark has appeared in Forbes, Science Magazine, The New Yorker, Barron’s, and teenVOGUE, among other publications.

    He has addressed audiences - both in-person and online - from New Zealand to Turkey, Senegal to the United Arab Emirates, and across the U.S.

  • Mark Bayer is a strategic communication and persuasion expert. He blends his experience as a Chief of Staff in the United States Senate and House of Representatives with academic training in rhetoric and negotiation to deliver fresh, practical insights that help organizations thrive.

    In his entertaining, high-energy keynotes, Mark shows audiences how to transform their thinking and reorient their approach to effectively and authentically influence key stakeholders, including policymakers, customers, and senior leaders.

    Mark has shared his powerful message with corporations, research universities, trade associations, and government agencies in the United States and abroad, including the University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University, WasteMINZ (New Zealand), Joint Council of

    Extension Professionals (JCEP), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), among many others.

    Mark has appeared in Science, Forbes, The New Yorker, Barron’s, teenVOGUE and other publications.

  • Keynotes and Workshops

    Keynotes illustrate transformative principles with examples of real events to move beyond abstraction and help listeners visualize using new approaches to improve their own performance.

    Sample Keynote Topics

    How to Develop and Deliver the Most Persuasive Messaging to Policymakers

    This keynote is available with tailored workshop opportunities.

    Shaped by lessons and experience gained during 20 years of work on Capitol Hill, including service as Chief of Staff in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, this keynote teaches behind-the-scenes strategies and messaging principles for getting your voice heard and your priorities advanced by policymakers.

    5 Things You’ll Learn:

    • The thematic approach that should guide messaging to lawmakers

    • Specific tools essential for creating potent messaging that resonates with policymakers

    • The role of primacy and recency in communicating, particularly in highly-active, deadline-driven settings such as the U.S. Congress.

    • Why the choice of messenger is an often overlooked, yet crucial, aspect of messaging and how to choose one who makes the biggest impact

    • How to sequence and calibrate interactions with policymakers and staff members to support and nurture productive relationships

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    Connect Before You Communicate: Keys to Mastering Difficult Conversations

    This keynote is available with tailored workshop opportunities.

    Delivering bad news is challenging and often triggers backlash.

    The human tendency to "shoot the messenger” was highlighted 1,500 years ago in the Sophocles play Antigone ("For no one delights in the bearer of bad news”), and still persists today.

    Despite such an ingrained human reflex, scientists, engineers, managers, and anyone responsible for conveying unwelcome information can learn to more productively communicate during difficult conversations.

    5 Things You’ll Learn:

    • What it means to "connect before your communicate" and why it's so important in high-stakes conversations

    • How to uncover connection points with your listener(s) and strategically incorporate them in your message

    • How to use "gilt by association" to establish rapport when speaking to a new person or group

    • The centrality of empathy and authenticity in creating connection

    • Why knowing the "native language" of your listener(s) quickly creates feelings of connectedness, laying the foundation for fruitful communication

 

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